Kuhusu siku sita za mwezi wa Shawwal, imethibitika kuwa Mjumbe wa Allah (amani na baraka za Mwenyezi Mungu ziwe juu yake) ﷺ alisema: "Mtu anayefunga Ramadhani kisha akafuatisha na siku sita za Shawwal ni kama aliyefunga mwaka mzima (kufunga mfululizo)". Hata hivyo, Malik aliona jambo hili kuwa linachukiza, ama kwa sababu watu wanaweza kuhusisha na Ramadhani kile ambacho si sehemu yake, au kwa sababu hadithi hiyo haikumfikia, au kwa sababu haikuthibitika kuwa sahihi kwake, na hili ndilo lenye uwezekano mkubwa zaidi. Vilevile, Malik aliona kuwa linachukiza kufuatilia funga za ghurar, licha ya hadithi iliyopokewa kuhusu hilo, kwa kuhofia kwamba watu wasiojua kusoma wanaweza kudhani kuwa ni wajibu.
Imethibitika kuwa "Mjumbe wa Allah ﷺ alikuwa akifunga kila mwezi siku tatu zisizo maalum, na alimwambia Abdullah bin Amr bin al-As, kwa sababu ya kufunga kwake kupita kiasi: 'Je, siku tatu kila mwezi hazitoshi kwako?'" Akasema: "Nikasema: 'Ee Mjumbe wa Allah, nina uwezo wa kufunga zaidi ya hapo'. Akasema: 'Tano?' Nikasema: 'Ee Mjumbe wa Allah, nina uwezo wa kufunga zaidi ya hapo.' Akasema: 'Saba?' Nikasema: 'Ee Mjumbe wa Allah, nina uwezo wa kufunga zaidi ya hapo.' Akasema: 'Tisa?' Nikasema: 'Ee Mjumbe wa Allah, nina uwezo wa kufunga zaidi ya hapo.' Akasema: 'Kumi na moja?' Nikasema: 'Ee Mjumbe wa Allah, nina uwezo wa kufunga zaidi ya hapo'. Kisha Nabii ﷺ akasema: 'Hakuna funga inayozidi funga ya Daudi. Kufunga siku moja na kutofunga siku nyingine ni kufunga hadi ukingoni mwa mfululizo (kufunga daima)'".
Abu Dawud amepokea kwamba "alikuwa akifunga siku za Jumatatu na Alhamisi". Imethibitika pia kwamba hakuwahi kufunga mwezi mzima isipokuwa Ramadhani, na kwamba funga zake nyingi zilikuwa katika mwezi wa Sha'ban.
About the six days of Shawwal it is established that the Messenger *of Allah (God’s peace and blessings be upon him) said, “One fasting during Ramadan and then following it up with six days of Shawwal is like fasting through Time (perpetual fasting)”. Malik, however, considered this to be disapproved, either because people might associate with Ramadan what is not a part of it, or either because the tradition had not reached him or it did not prove to be authentic for him, which is more likely. Likewise, Malik considered as disapproved the pursuit of the fasts of the ghurar, despite the tradition laid down in it, for fear that the unlettered might consider them to be obligatory. It is established “that the Messenger of Allah (God’s peace and blessings be upon him) used to fast each month for three undetermined days, and that he said to cAbd Allah ibn c Amr ibn al-cAs, because of his excessive fasting, ‘Are three days in each month not sufficient for you?’” He said, “I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I am able to fast more than that’. He said, ‘Five?’ I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I am able to fast more than that.’ He said, ‘Seven?’ I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I am able to fast more than that.’ He said, ‘Nine?’ I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I am able to fast more than that.’ He said, ‘Eleven?’ I said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, I am able to fast more than that’. The Prophet (God’s peace and blessings be upon him) then said, ‘There is no fast beyond the fast of Dawud. Fasting one day and not fasting the other is fasting to the brink of Time (perpetual)’”. Abu Dawud has recorded that “he used to fast on Mondays and Thursdays”. It is established that he never observed fasting for the whole month, except for Ramadan, and that most of his fasts were during the month of Shahan.